Re: Adds documentation for optional octavation clef syntax (issue 6830043)

[Janek Warchoł]

Hi Marc,

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Marc Hohl <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Am 08.11.2012 09:22, schrieb address@hidden:
>> I suppose that a parenthesized clef octavation doesn't mean that the
>> octavation is optional (that is, it doesn't mean "you may choose to play
>> it in this octave or another, whatever pleases you most").  I suppose
>> that a parenthesized clef octavation means that it's just a reminder, or
>> that the octavation number is editorial.
>
> I used them in my pieces before in exactly the way you describe above.
> For a flute, I used \clef "G^(8)" to indicate that the player may play it
> one
> octave above (preferred in combination with concert flute) or as written
> (when played with recorder).

Interesting.  Of course the notation you describe makes sense, but i
would definitely avoid it because it seems to ambiguous to me.
By the way, is it just me or are brackets (as opposed to parentheses)
commonly used for indicating editorial elements?  If so, i think that
a bracketed octavation would mean a "reminder".  That would make it
easy to confuse the two meanings.

Anyway, i recommend rewording the description to make it
interpretation-independent, i.e. something like "to put brackets or
parentheses around octavation, just use brackets/parentheses in the
code" without explaining what that could mean musically.

best,
Janek